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While Fashion Week has wrapped, Paris’s design scene keeps up the tempo. The third edition of Design Miami.Paris lands October 21–26 at the 18th-century L’Hôtel de Maisons, once Karl Lagerfeld’s Left Bank residence. Meanwhile, Art Basel Paris returns to the Grand Palais October 24–26. Beyond the fairs themselves, the city will be alive with special exhibitions and pop-ups, from a rose-drenched secret restaurant in an old garage (courtesy of India Mahdavi) to a centennial salute to Art Deco at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Even Apple taps in with a talent showcase curated with Design Miami. Here, some not-to-miss moments for your Paris itinerary.
The Future Perfect Presents “The Soul Garden” by Vikram Goyal
For its Design Miami.Paris debut, The Future Perfect unveils “The Soul Garden,” an installation by New Delhi–based designer Vikram Goyal in collaboration with Berlin artist Sissel Tolaas. From October 21 through 26, five repoussé brass animal sculptures—among them an elephant, tortoise, and tiger— will nest in the gardens of L’Hôtel de Maisons, recalling Indian fables. “Each of these sculptures is functional,” says Goyal, who encourages visitors to engage with them using all the senses. Tolaas adds scent, diffused lightly to trigger memory and reflection. Visitors will receive booklets containing texts, drawings, and a small, coin-shaped talisman as a keepsake. At 5 p.m. daily, there will be readings by actors from Cours Florent, “bringing the fables into life,” Goyal says.
Apple Anoints Four “Designers of Tomorrow” in Collaboration With Design Miami
Apple goes from app to armchair with “Designers of Tomorrow,” a showcase at L’Hôtel de Maisons from October 22 through 26. Four designers present one new piece of furniture each and share their iPad-driven process behind the final objects. AD100 designer Rodman Primack curated the exhibition, and the selection committee included Apple design leaders Molly Anderson and Alan Dye, AD100 talents Faye Toogood and Sabine Marcelis, and Design Miami CEO Jen Roberts, among others.
Art Deco Has a Homecoming at Musée des Arts Décoratifs
To commemorate the centenary of the 1925 Paris exhibition that introduced the world to Art Deco, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs will mount a landmark exhibition tracing the evolution of the movement from its origins to today. On view October 22 through February 22, 2026, the show brings together nearly 1,200 works of furniture, fashion, jewelry, posters, and objets d’art, including models of both the 1927 Orient Express train compartments and the 2027 reimagining by Maxime d’Angeac. Key figures such as Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, and Jean-Michel Frank are spotlighted, as are lesser-known Deco pioneers like Sonia Delaunay. The exhibition closes with a section highlighting how Art Deco continues to inspire architecture, design, and visual culture a century later.
Magma Journal’s “Archive of the Future,” With Bottega Veneta
Magma, the artistic platform and annual publication founded by Paul Olivennes, launches its third issue, Archive of the Future, an anthology of more than 100 previously unpublished works and texts by 25 artists, writers, filmmakers, and composers. The volume, its editors say, is ”a living archive of feelings, fears, questions, and insights” of artists including Jean-Luc Godard, Yoko Ono, Patti Smith, and Precious Okoyomon. A companion exhibition takes over Forma Art Centre in the Marais (127 rue de Turenne) October 19 to November 19, presenting around 30 of the works in physical form, revealing how creative minds have seen—and continue to see—the world and themselves. Bottega Veneta sponsors the project.
“Rose, C’est la Vie” Is We Are Ona & India Mahdavi’s Chic Speakeasy
During Art Basel Paris, We Are Ona, the Parisian culinary studio, teams up with designer and architect India Mahdavi for “Rose, C’est la Vie,” a reservation-only restaurant in a former car garage turned floral reverie. October 20 through 26, the establishment will welcome around 200 guests daily for six-course lunches and eight-course dinners in an otherworldly space, wrapped floor to ceiling in a Rose d’Ispahan–inspired motif. “The flower is used [as a motif] a lot in Iran, but never to this scale,” the AD00 designer says. “The pattern will be on everything, making the garage a genderless speakeasy that’s homey, intimate, and multi-sensorial.” Chef Jesús Durón (formerly head chef of the buzzy Pujol in Mexico City) leads the menu, while We Are Ona founder Luca Pronzato and his team will curate the drink pairings. The precise address in the 7th arrondissement will be unveiled at the start of the fair, adding a little secrecy to heighten the reveal. “You get a real respite from the streetscape—a hidden Paris,” Pronzato assures.
Old Design Meets Upcycled Material With Yves Salomon Éditions
Yves Salomon brings its homeware arm, Yves Salomon Éditions, to L’Hôtel de Maisons October 21–26, staging a conversation between vintage icons and contemporary craft. In what was once Karl Lagerfeld’s bathroom, stools by Osvaldo Borsani, a chest of drawers by Ettore Sottsass, and a bench and side table by Carlo Bugatti appear alongside vintage furniture elevated with upcycled leathers, furs, and shearlings from the Yves Salomon workshops. Textiles developed in collaboration with Pierre Marie complete the presentation, reinforcing Yves Salomon’s philosophy of blending heritage with reinvention.
